Re: A light phenomenon
Robert Sheaffer (sheaffer@netcom.com)
Sun, 29 Mar 1998 11:58:50 -0800
At 03:27 PM 3/29/98 +0300, Leo Wikholm wrote:
>Yes! One more phenomenon!
>
>Two people in Hamina, Finland, saw a very special phenomenon on March
>26, 1998 at 18.40 UTC.
>At first they saw like two satellites coming from the North. Suddenly
>the second satellite make a
>strong curve to the Southwest. Both lights disappeared after several
>seconds and the brightness
>was normal like the other stars.
When taking observations from individuals who are not experienced
astronomical observers, and who cannot describe the exact path of
the objects through the constellations, one has to always be aware
of the inherent fallibility of human eyewitness testimony. (In fact,
even experienced observers are not perfectly accurate, just less
unreliable!) This accounts for the overwhelming majority of what
people describe as "UFOs".
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